[CPEO-MEF] A year later, tainted wells still shut

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Massachusetts
CAPE COD TIMES
A year later, tainted wells still shut
Bourne officials will update residents on perchlorate Tuesday.
By KEVIN DENNEHY
May 15, 2003

BOURNE - More than a year after traces of military pollution were found
in Monument Beach wells, half the Bourne Water District wells remain
closed.

And as long as the state and federal government wrangle over how much
perchlorate poses a risk to human health, it's likely to stay that way,
said Ralph Marks, the district's superintendent.

For now, the district doesn't need the water, Marks said. And, anyway,
it doesn't have the money for treatment to remove the chemicals.

District officials will discuss the contamination at an informational
meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the J.F. Peebles School at 70 Trowbridge
Road.

"We're fortunate that the water district was in good shape with water
supplies before this happened," said Marks.

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